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		<title>Mobile App to combat TSA profiling</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 06:35:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON DC (April 30, 2012) – The Sikh Coalition and other prominent national civil rights leaders released a game-changing mobile application that enables users to report instances of airport profiling in real time. The Monday launch event at the offices of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights in Washington, D.C. was also streamed at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ishimaru to Head Office of Minority and Women Inclusion</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 06:34:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (April 30, 2012) — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced that Stuart Ishimaru has been selected to head the newly established Office of Minority and Women Inclusion. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau established its Office of Minority and Women Inclusion in January 2012.  Mr. Ishimaru comes to the CFPB from the Equal Employment Opportunity [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chen Guangcheng meets with  U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 05:12:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIJING (May 3, 2012) — United States Ambassador to China Gary Locke spoke with media Thursday regarding the dissident Chen Guangcheng, who escaped custody to the U.S. Embassy and brokered a deal with the Chinese government to let he and his family apply for student status in New York where he would heal from torture but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gordon Hirabayashi Recipient of Presidential Medal of Freedom</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 05:10:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Barack Obama on April 26, 2012 named the late Gordon Hirabayashi as one of 13 recipients of this year’s Presidential Medal of Freedom awards. It is the nation’s highest civilian honor presented to Hirabayashi, who passed away earlier this year on Jan. 2. The Medal of Freedom is presented to individuals [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stuart Ishimaru to Head Office of Minority and Women Inclusion</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 04:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (April 30, 2012) — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced that Stuart Ishimaru has been selected to head the newly established Office of Minority and Women Inclusion. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau established its Office of Minority and Women Inclusion in January 2012.  Mr. Ishimaru comes to the CFPB from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mobile App to combat TSA profiling</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 07:17:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Sikh Coalition, together with the national civil rights community, will unveil a mobile application that allows users to report instances of airport profiling in real time during a launch event at the offices of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights in Washington, DC on April 30. The launch event will also be live-streamed at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maykao Hang named Humphrey Public Leader</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:41:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MINNEAPOLIS (April 19, 2012) — The Humphrey School of Public Affairs will honor MayKao Hang, president and CEO of the Wilder Foundation, with the Alumni Leadership Award for her commitment to the provision and delivery of critical health and social welfare services and the strengthening of local communities. “Through her work at the Wilder Foundation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Slavery by Another Name</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2012 06:54:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ST. PAUL — The United Nations announced a panel discussion and screening of tpt’s locally produced program Slavery by Another Name to be held this Wednesday evening. The panel will feature Slavery by Another Name producer and director Sam Pollard. The Slavery by Another Name event is part of a series of U.N. events to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ETAN urges US not to sell arms to Indonesia</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2012 06:42:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BROOKLYN, NY (March 30, 2012) — Ninety organizations today urged the U.S. government and Congress not to provide deadly attack helicopters to Indonesia. Indonesia has announced that it plans to buy eight AH-64 Apache attack helicopters from the United States. The groups warned that the helicopters will escalate conflicts in Indonesia, especially in the rebellious [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Local Tibetans mourn martyrs</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2012 06:40:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MINNEAPOLIS (March 28, 2012) — The Tibetan community of Minnesota is mourning the death of 27 year-old Jamphel Yeshi who passed away Monday in New Delhi. The Tibetan Youth Congress announced the death of Jamphel Yeshi, 27, who set his body on fire for the cause of Tibet in New Delhi. They consider Yeshi a [...]]]></description>
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